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India: Small States More e-Savvy
Small states like Haryana, Jharkhand and West Bengal are ready to roll out of the Centre initiative of National e-Governance Plan (NeGP), while the more developed states like Maharashtra and Karnataka are lagging behind in implementing the NeGP plan in India.
India: BMC Ties up Sify to Provide e-Services
Civic Body, Bombay Municipality Corporation (BMC), India partnered with Sify to allow citizens of Mumbai to easy access to range of services, like payment of water and property tax, renewal of licences.
Angola Stands 127th in UN Electronic Governance Ranking
Angola stands in the 127th position in the ranking of the United Nations electronic governance ranking, after having risen 31 places from the year 2005. Angola stands 15th from among African countries and seventh in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC), making an effort to rank among the first 10 of the continent and first five of the regional organisation.
Sri Lanka Ranked 79 from 127 Countries on Network Readiness
According to the Global Information Technology Report 2007
12,000 Post Offices to be Computerised in Pakistan
All the General Post Offices (GPOs) of Pakistan have been computerised, while PC-1 for automation of 12,000 post offices has been sent to the government for approval, a source in Pakistan said. Automation of the institution under a new initiative would provide latest and modern postal services to the customers.
Now road tax can be renewed online in Malaysia
MY EG Services Berhad, the leading E-Government services concessionaire in Malaysia has launched online road tax renewal services in Malaysia.
India: NISG, Tapmi join hands to make babus e-Smart
Hyderabad based National Institute of Smart Government (NISG), a government advisory body on e-governance has tied up with TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal (Tapmi) to roll out one-year management programme that will offer specialisation in e-Governance.
South Africa Government ICT Spend to Increase to R8bn by 2010/11
South Africa will increase its total ICT expenditure from approximately R6bn in 2005/06 to R8bn in 2010/11 at a CAGR of 2,9%, according to recent report entitled, ‘ICT in National Government
African villages get the Net
Nokia Siemens Networks has added Internet access capability to its Village Connection service for remote African villages. The Village Connection is an initiative to tap a potentially vast growth market by providing villages with low-cost communications in partnership with mobile service providers in Africa.
